Football in Argentina
Season1905
Men's football
Primera DivisiónAlumni
Segunda DivisiónAmérica
Tercera DivisiónAlumni III [lower-alpha 1]
Copa de HonorAlumni
Argentina

The year 1905 in Argentine football saw Alumni crowning Argentine champion, winning its 5th league title in six seasons. A new team, Reformer Athletic Club from the city of Campana, registered to play the tournament.

Primera División

The 1905 championship was expanded to include 7 teams, who played in a league format, with each team playing the other twice.[1]

Final standings

Pos Team Pts G W D L Gf Ga Gd
1Alumni21121011438+35
2Belgrano AC18129033112+19
3Estudiantes (BA)17128133618+18
4Quilmes12126063215+17
5Reformer7123182060-40
6Lomas AC7123181241-29
7Barracas Athletic2121011828-20

Lower divisions

Primera B

  • Champion: América

Primera C

Domestic cup

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires

Final

Alumni1-0 (aet)Quilmes
Sociedad Sportiva Argentina (Buenos Aires)

International cups

Tie Cup

Final

Rosario AC Argentina4-3 (aet)Uruguay CURCC
M.O. Wells (2)
J. G. Parr
W. Stocks
A. Camacho
C. Camacho
Zibecchi
Sociedad Sportiva Argentina
(Buenos Aires)

Copa de Honor Cusenier

Final

Nacional Uruguay3-2Argentina Alumni

Argentina national team

Argentina contested its first official tournament in 1905. The squad played Uruguay for Copa Lipton on 15 August 1905. The game ended 0-0 after extra time and the trophy was awarded to Uruguay as the visiting team.

Copa Lipton

Final

Argentina 0-0 (aet) Uruguay
Report

International friendlies

English team Nottingham Forest toured on Argentina that year, playing several friendly matches v. clubs and combined teams in Buenos Aires and Rosario.[4][5]

Date Venue/City Rival Score
16-JunRosarioR. Central / Rosario A.C. Combined5–0
18-JunBuenos AiresBelgrano A.C.7−0
22-JunBuenos AiresBritánicos [lower-alpha 2]13−1
 ?Buenos AiresR. Central / Rosario A.C. Combined6−0
 ?Buenos AiresAlumni6−0
29-JunBuenos AiresArgentinos [lower-alpha 3]5−0
2-JulBuenos AiresLiga Argentina [lower-alpha 4]9−1

Notes

  1. It was a common practise that clubs playing in Primera División registered reserve teams to play the lower divisions tournaments.
  2. Team formed by British players that played in the Argentine league during the first years of the 20th Century.
  3. Team formed by Argentinean players from the Argentine league during the first years of the 20th Century.
  4. All-star team of the Argentine league.

References

  1. Argentina 1905 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi at RSSSF
  2. "Argentina - Copa de Honor "Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" - 1905". Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. "Argentina: Copa Competencia 1ra. División 1905". Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. Historia del Fútbol Argentino, various authors, Editorial Eiffel, Buenos Aires, 1958.
  5. Other results of Argentina national team at RSSSF.com
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